The one memory of my childhood experience, that has helped shape my life into what it is today, was an important event in my family. It was the day that my brother Chad was born. Until that day, I was the center of attention in my family. Now I was a big sister and needed to help around the house. At first it was hard for me not being the baby of the group. Everbody wanted to see Chad. I knew that this was something that I would have to get used to. That night in the hospital, Chad turned blue because he had stopped breathing. That's when the doctors told my family that Chad was different. When my parents told me that my new baby brother had Down Syndrome, it changed the way I looked at life. I knew from that moment it was time to grow up. Not only did I have to become a big sister, but also a mom to him. He needed so much help at first. It took my whole family to help him. I knew my childhood was over, I had to grow up. I think that my brother's birth gave me the strength to fight my way through life. When I was told that I was different because of Dyslexia, I thought no big deal. Chad was different, so what was the problem of me being different. I think I can deal with problems a lot better than most people because of my enlightening childhood. My grasp on the real world is very good. Because of my brother's birth I am a much better person. I can look past people's differences to see the real person underneath. It made me a very caring person and a feeling of wanting to help people who are in need. At times I can be a very overprotective and outspoken person if anyone should dare to pick on someone smaller or different from them. I believe that if Chad was never born, I would not be the person I am today.

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